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Title: ELIA. | Essays which have appeared under that signature | in the | London Magazine. | London: | Printed for Taylor and Hessey, | 93, Fleet Street, | and 13, Waterloo Place. | 1823. 12mo
Collation: Bastard Title, 1 page, Title, 1 page, Contents, 2 unnumbered pages, pp. 341. Size 7¾ × 5.
Note. These Essays were contributed mainly to the London Magazine between August, 1820, and October, 1822.
Price. Sotheby’s, 1887 [calf], £1. [Elia and Last Essays together] Sotheby’s, 1888 [russia, uncut], £11 15s.
1825-6.
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Title: THE | EVERY-DAY BOOK: | or, the | Guide to the Year; | relating the | Popular Amusements, | Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, | incident to | the 365 Days | in past and present Times; | being | A Series of 5000 Anecdotes and Facts; | forming | a History of the Year, | A calendar of the Seasons, | and | a chronological Dictionary of the Almanac; | with a variety of | important and diverting information, | for daily use and Entertainment, | Compiled from authentic sources | by William Hone | [Quotation from Herrick] | Illustrated by Numerous Engravings | London: | Printed for William Hone, 45, Ludgate Hill, | (to be published every Saturday, price Threepence,) | and sold by All booksellers in Town and Country. | 1825. 2 vols. 8vo.
Collation: Vol. I. Title, 1 page, Double Title, 1 page, Explanatory Address, 1 page, Dedication, 1 unnumbered page. Preface, 1 unnumbered page, Illustration, “Bona Dea,” 1 page. pp. 852. Vol. II. Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page, Dedication, 1 page, Preface, 1 unnumbered page. pp. viii. pp. 832. General Index, 19 pages.
Note. This was issued in weekly parts and a new title-page printed when bound. The Dedication of the first volume is to Charles Lamb. To these volumes he contributed “The Months,” April 16, 1826 [Vol. II.]; “Reminiscence of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan,” June 22, 1826 [Vol. II.]; “Captain Starkey,” July 21, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “The Ass,” October 5, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “In Re Squirrels,” October 17, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “Remarkable Correspondent,” May i, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “The Humble petition of an unfortunate Day,” August 12, 1826 [Vol. I.]; “Quatrains to the Editor,” July 9, 1825 [Vol. I.].